""it probably wouldn't've been that, because that sounds insane until it isn't, until you see it, and feel it, and know it. A lot of Black music deals with what was and what is, making sense of a reality we were placed in. OutKast seems to endlessly explore what could be. They made every experiment sound like a destiny.""
""I wanna say, especially, to my brother right here-thank you for making me be the best I can be, and going toe to toe on the records. Iron-sharpen-iron just to be the best.""
""When I heard that we were being inducted, I was like, 'Man, this is great, because we'll be able to be in the same company with a lot of people we grew up with, a lot of bands that influenced us, whole lineage of people.'""
OutKast were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. An introduction framed OutKast as distilling the polarizing nature of regional, racial, and human identity and praised their experimental reach and commercial success, citing Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Big Boi and André 3000 accepted the honor alongside members of Dungeon Family. Big Boi participated in a tribute performance featuring JID, Doja Cat, Tyler, the Creator, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike performing OutKast classics. The duo played rock-paper-scissors to determine speaking order; Big Boi thanked family and hometowns, and André expressed gratitude and became emotional about shared influences.
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